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richard herman is a criminal defense attorney, a law professor as well. he's joining us from las vegas. thanks very much for coming in. let's start with the fact that the government did not read the suspect his miranda rights invoking the public safety exception. avery, what do you think about that decision? >> i think it's an incorrect decision. i don't think there should be any delay in mirandizing. the job is to secure a convicti conviction. at the same time, intelligence personnel are going to be talking to this individual, talking to tsarnaev because there are issues unrelated to his personal issue criminality. and miranda has nothing to do with that, wolf. so we're seeing federal officials making the interview, trying to ask questions will have nothing to do withmy ran did. it's imperative because we don't want to jeopardize this prosecution in any way. i think it's imperative it be done now. >> richard, do you agree? >> well, i do think he should be mirandized, but we have heard interviews earlier today where the justice department says they don't
richard herman is a criminal defense attorney, a law professor as well. he's joining us from las vegas. thanks very much for coming in. let's start with the fact that the government did not read the suspect his miranda rights invoking the public safety exception. avery, what do you think about that decision? >> i think it's an incorrect decision. i don't think there should be any delay in mirandizing. the job is to secure a convicti conviction. at the same time, intelligence personnel are...
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awareness of your surroundings could be the only defense. david mattingly, cnn, new mexico. >> perspective on this. as we're learning every day, stopping someone before they can commit an act like this is very difficult. more difficult than we even imagined sometimes. however, what made the difference at the marathon was how people responded after the bombs went off. tremendous energy, tremendous know-how and triage, and the more they understand about these bombs and what they can do, the better first responders can limit the impact and that's part of the equation how we stay safer. >>> we're going to take a break. emotions of anger, disbelief, heartbreak from the mother of the boston bombing suspects. she speaks out to cnn. what she says, when we come back. this day calls you. to fight chronic osteoarthritis pain. to fight chronic low back pain. to take action. to take the next step. today, you will know you did something for your pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is a pain reliever fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one n
awareness of your surroundings could be the only defense. david mattingly, cnn, new mexico. >> perspective on this. as we're learning every day, stopping someone before they can commit an act like this is very difficult. more difficult than we even imagined sometimes. however, what made the difference at the marathon was how people responded after the bombs went off. tremendous energy, tremendous know-how and triage, and the more they understand about these bombs and what they can do, the...
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number one, the jihad defense. i did it, i'm proud, i'm happy, please kill me, i want to join my brother in paradise. i'm a martyr. the other, my brother made me do it, i am innocent, look at my face, look at my high school record, i really didn't mean it, don't give me the death penalty. i think from what we have heard now, the jihad defense seems like it is off the table. he is prepared to cooperate. he apparently is beginning to blame his brother. he probably wants to live, not die. and so we're going to see a kind of not a defense on the merits, but please don't execute me. and then, of course, the defense lawyers have to make a hard decision. should the trial be in boston where everybody is a victim, or should it be moved to springfield, which might have a fairer jury, but the jury pool might be more inclined to give the death penalty. a hard judgment call that any defense lawyer has to make in a case like this. >> all right. here is the big topic of conversation i want you two to take up on, potentially from
number one, the jihad defense. i did it, i'm proud, i'm happy, please kill me, i want to join my brother in paradise. i'm a martyr. the other, my brother made me do it, i am innocent, look at my face, look at my high school record, i really didn't mean it, don't give me the death penalty. i think from what we have heard now, the jihad defense seems like it is off the table. he is prepared to cooperate. he apparently is beginning to blame his brother. he probably wants to live, not die. and so...
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chan change, the moment we change, the moment we look inward, the moment we get on a crouch on our defensive, that's the moment when they win. what makes me so proud of this great state and the city of boston and cambridge and all those involved and the students on this campus, what makes me so proud to be an american is that we have not yielded to our fears. we have not compromised our values. we have not weakened our instituti constitutional guarantees. we have not closed our borders. just look around this field at the student body here. just listen to the accents of the president and vice president, this is a diverse campus. probably the greatest technological university in the world, it's black, it's white, it's muslim, it's christian, it's jewish, it's hindu. that's who we are. you represent every community in the world. and what do you do? you challenge your orthodox as they try to impose it. you push the envelope. you know that no change can come without jettison in the past, you're on the edge of science and technology. you make no distinction between the competence of male and femal
chan change, the moment we change, the moment we look inward, the moment we get on a crouch on our defensive, that's the moment when they win. what makes me so proud of this great state and the city of boston and cambridge and all those involved and the students on this campus, what makes me so proud to be an american is that we have not yielded to our fears. we have not compromised our values. we have not weakened our instituti constitutional guarantees. we have not closed our borders. just...
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. >> a good criminal defense lawyer -- you're a lawyer -- if they make the younger brother is going to be tried with a death sentence, if in fact they make the case he was brainwashed by his older brother, perhaps a jury would say he doesn't deserve the death penalty. >> that will be a defense. there are a lot of questions about whether a trial will actually occur. if he has pled, there may be all variations of a trial to occur, including something boston has been to be prepared for is whether a trial really happen here. a good defense attorney is going to say there's no way we can get an objective crime if boston. >> timothy mcveigh committed his crime in oklahoma city but he was tried in indiana. thanks very much. >>> we're back in a moment with more from what's going on here in boston. stay with me. boom. heart attack. the doctor recommends bayer aspirin to keep this from happening to me again. it's working. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. it can happen to anyone. talk to your doctor. [ beeping ] ♪ [ male announcer ] we don't
. >> a good criminal defense lawyer -- you're a lawyer -- if they make the younger brother is going to be tried with a death sentence, if in fact they make the case he was brainwashed by his older brother, perhaps a jury would say he doesn't deserve the death penalty. >> that will be a defense. there are a lot of questions about whether a trial will actually occur. if he has pled, there may be all variations of a trial to occur, including something boston has been to be prepared for...
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advise him that his cooperation, you know, depending on what the government was willing to say to this defense lawyer, whether or not and what benefit he might get as a result of his cooperation. remember, from the very beginning, from the president on down, everyone has said public safety is the first and highest priority. so the first question he's going to be asked is are there more devices and where are they? and, you know, and so if that were the case, i'm not suggesting it is, but it certainly is the first question you want to ask and to get to find any additional devices you would want -- you would want to give him the benefit of that cooperation. so this will have to -- it unfolds very methodically, right, the investigators have questions and in the order of the priority they're going to ask him, public safety will come first. second is to identify any additional potential conspirators who may have been involved in the planning or execution of the bombing. >> all right. fran, stand by. don't go away. we're going to continue the nonstop coverage here. our team coverage of what's going o
advise him that his cooperation, you know, depending on what the government was willing to say to this defense lawyer, whether or not and what benefit he might get as a result of his cooperation. remember, from the very beginning, from the president on down, everyone has said public safety is the first and highest priority. so the first question he's going to be asked is are there more devices and where are they? and, you know, and so if that were the case, i'm not suggesting it is, but it...
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meanwhile, the defense secretary chuck hagel spoke about the bombing investigation today. he said so far he has not seen any intelligence directly linking the surviving suspect and his older brother, the 26-year-old tamerlan tsarnaev, to any, any terrorist organization per se, but the chairman of the house intelligence committee says the older tsarnaev who was killed after the shootout with police, may have become seriously radicalized by islamic extremists when he went to russia last year. here's what the house homeland security chairman had to say today on cnn's state of the union. >> there were reports they had suicide vests on. you don't learn that overnight. i personally believe that this man received training when he was over there, and he radicalized from 2010 to the present, and nine months after he comes back from the chechen region, he pulled off the largest terror attack since 9/11. >> after a dramatic shootout with police that killed his older brother and then eluding police in an intense day-long manhunt, dzhokhar tsarnaev is hospitalized. he's described as be
meanwhile, the defense secretary chuck hagel spoke about the bombing investigation today. he said so far he has not seen any intelligence directly linking the surviving suspect and his older brother, the 26-year-old tamerlan tsarnaev, to any, any terrorist organization per se, but the chairman of the house intelligence committee says the older tsarnaev who was killed after the shootout with police, may have become seriously radicalized by islamic extremists when he went to russia last year....
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there are a number of factors that the defense will use. he's only 19 years old. the supreme court has said that no one under 18 can even be considered for the death penalty. so his youth is one reason. the other point as you mentioned is, what was the influence? was he brain wauwashbrainwashed? was he coerced by his older brother? the other factor is what role he actually played, how the division of labor took place. we don't know that at this point. if he was very much the minor player, that will be another factor. that's something that's going to play out over a number of months. >> he's got to get healthy presumably before anything significant can be done. if he's communicating right now, he's not been read his miranda rights, but he's writing answers to questions. what do you make of that from the legal perspective, that he's at least giving some answers to the fbi? >> that suggests his arraignment will be held soon. he can't be arraigned if he can't understand what's going on. he has to be able to be told what the charges are. he has to be given a lawyer. he
there are a number of factors that the defense will use. he's only 19 years old. the supreme court has said that no one under 18 can even be considered for the death penalty. so his youth is one reason. the other point as you mentioned is, what was the influence? was he brain wauwashbrainwashed? was he coerced by his older brother? the other factor is what role he actually played, how the division of labor took place. we don't know that at this point. if he was very much the minor player, that...
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but what about the defense angle? we're digging deep into that when our special coverage of the newsroom continues. everybody has different investment objectives, ideas, goals, appetite for risk. you can't say 'one size fits all'. it doesn't. that's crazy. we're all totally different. ishares core. etf building blocks for your personalized portfolio. find out why 9 out of 10 large professional investors choose ishares for their etfs. ishares by blackrock. call 1-800-ishares for a prospectus, which includes investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. read and consider it carefully before investing. risk includes possible loss of principal. yeah, i'm looking to save, but i'm not sure which policy is right for me. you should try our coverage checker. it helps you see if you have too much coverage or not enough, making it easier to get what you need. [ beeping ] these are great! [ beeping ] how are you, um, how are you doing? i'm going to keep looking over here. probably a good idea. ken: what's a good idea? nothi
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justification, the eyes of the law and the courts in the united states, none of that will suffice as a defense and we should be clear with viewers, no matter what dzhokhar says now, the fact that he and his brother don't represent muslims and islams around the world, this was -- you know, this was their view and their own justification for really what were horrific acts of violence? >> do we know, fran, if the information that the younger tsavraev, the 19-year-old tsavraev has been providing the fbi about his older brother, the motivation, the bomb, the denial of any link to a formal international terrorist group, this information was provided before or after that judge/magistrate was there and r read him his miranda rights? the right to remain silent and the right to have an attorney? >> sources have indicated to us that was part of a questioning that they did under the -- fbi agent does under a national security exemption, before he was assigned counsel. they had the ability in the interest of public safety exception to be able to ask questions, were there additional coconspirators, where an
justification, the eyes of the law and the courts in the united states, none of that will suffice as a defense and we should be clear with viewers, no matter what dzhokhar says now, the fact that he and his brother don't represent muslims and islams around the world, this was -- you know, this was their view and their own justification for really what were horrific acts of violence? >> do we know, fran, if the information that the younger tsavraev, the 19-year-old tsavraev has been...
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with the mother, we heard her clearly loving her sons and in defense of them. and that's all fine. but it's actually meaningless thing in the context of what the investigators are interested in which will be facts that they can pursue. >> final question to you. we understand the questioning lasted for hours and yesterday, apparently, at some point this father became sick. can you read anything into that? >> i don't think so. i know what all of us know from the media, there were reports he was gravely ill in some undefined way. it's a stressful thing to talk to an american official. it's extremely stressful to lose your children under any circumstance, particularly when they are the objects of national revulsion. and it appears to be terrorists. so one can understand feeling badly in any circumstance like that. >> thank you so much. professional who knows how these kinds of interrogations can go. thank you so much. i appreciate it. >> my pleasure. >>> coming up, he was arrested, accused of trying to send a poisonous letter to the president and other officials then abruptly this guy
with the mother, we heard her clearly loving her sons and in defense of them. and that's all fine. but it's actually meaningless thing in the context of what the investigators are interested in which will be facts that they can pursue. >> final question to you. we understand the questioning lasted for hours and yesterday, apparently, at some point this father became sick. can you read anything into that? >> i don't think so. i know what all of us know from the media, there were...